and not apple or google. >> i'm excited about joining yahoo! because i think it's a classic internet company and it has new leadership under marissa mayer. having spent time on campus and spoken to their team, it's clear that their strategy on mobile and daily habits, news, information, weather, they have all of these assets and all they need to do now is package it up in a beautiful user experience from the mobile device. there's a real opportunity there. we see sumly fitting in beautifully to that model. >> schroeders will create an independent private wealth and banking management business. if you thought 2013 was the year of big takeovers, let's think again. the number of deals is actually falling. this is according to the latest report from power watson. let's get more. joining us is steve allen, m&a practice leader. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> it's interesting because we seem to be reporting on more deals, we just announced three there. what are the figures, though, saying? >> well, there are deals happening, but fundamentally